Are women with PCOS more at risk for endometrial cancer? What approach for such patients?

Vladislava Valerievna Khalenko; Rosa Anna Guiglia; Marta  Alioto

doi:10.23750/abm.v94i2.14175

Are women with PCOS more at risk for endometrial cancer? What approach for such patients?

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Vladislava Valerievna Khalenko Saint Petersburg State University, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Rosa Anna Guiglia a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:105:"AOOR Villa Sofia Cervello, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy";}
Marta Alioto AOOR Villa Sofia Cervello, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v94i2.14175

Keywords:

Policystyc ovarian syndrome (PCOS), Endometrial cancer (EC), Endometrial hyperplasia, Confounding factors

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Khalenko VV, Guiglia RA, Alioto M. Are women with PCOS more at risk for endometrial cancer? What approach for such patients?. Acta Biomed. 2023;94(2):e2023081. doi:10.23750/abm.v94i2.14175

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